Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Personal physician faces four years in prison for his hand in the death of the pop star.

Michael Jackson's personal doctor has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the singer's death following a six-week trial.

Dr Conrad Murray had pleaded not guilty to giving the singer a fatal dose of the powerful anesthetic propofol, which was ruled as the main cause of the pop star's June 25, 2009 death.

Prosecutors had argued Murray was grossly negligent in administering propofol to help Jackson sleep. Defence attorneys claimed Jackson delivered the fatal dose of propofol to himself.

Murray, 58, did not testify at the Los Angeles trial and could face up to four years in prison when the judge decides his sentence at a later date.

Murray swallowed briefly upon hearing the verdict on Monday, but otherwise looked impassive. Outside the court, more than 100 Jackson fans erupted in cheers.

The jury deliberated for about nine hours before reaching its unanimous verdict.

Jackson was found lifeless at his Los Angeles mansion on June 25, 2009, age 50, about three weeks before he was scheduled to begin a series of concerts in London aimed at returning the pop star to the limelight.

Paramedics tried to revive the singer and rushed his body to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. His death was ruled to have come from an overdose of sedatives and propofol, which is normally used in surgery.

Murray admitted giving Jackson a small dose of propofol to help him sleep. But his lawyers argued at the trial that the singer was dependent on the drug and that Jackson likely gave himself a extra, fatal dose of the powerful anesthetic, as well as swallowing a handful of sedatives, without Murray's knowledge.

Prosecutors argued Murray was guilty of gross negligence for administering the powerful drug in a home setting, failing to monitor Jackson, delaying calling emergency services, and failing to tell medical personnel he gave the singer propofol.

Inter-faith group MCCBCHST has no plans to withdraw its call to
the authorities to stop the slaughtering of cows in schools and public
places despite growing anger from Muslim groups and authorities.

"We have no wish to add further comment either. We have said what we
wanted to say and that's it. We see no reason to withdraw any part of
our statement," Father Thomas Philips, vice president of the Malaysian
Consultative Council for Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and
Taoism told Malaysia Chronicle.

Every faith is supreme

MCCBCHST had issued its call just days before the Hari Raya Haji
celebrated over the weekend, where Muslims ritually slaughtered cows and
distributed the meat to other Muslims.

In a statement entitled Respect the Religious Sensitivities in Schools, the council had called on the authorities to halt the slaughter at schools and other public places accessible to all faiths.

"However,
we are concerned that a ritualistic sacrificing of cows in conjunction
with the Hari Raya Haji celebrations is proposed to be held in schools
on a school day in the presence of students. We hold a dim view of this
purported activity in front of our multi-racial and multi-cultural
student population as it ignores the sensitivity of our school-going
children and the larger mixed Malaysian society," it said in its
statement of November 4.

"We call upon the relevant authorities to respect the sensitivities
of our multi-religious society and implore them to halt this ritualistic
ceremony in our schools,institutions of higher learning and other
public places. We hold that the public places, especially schools, are
not the right place for the performance of this ritual that pertains
only to the Muslim community.It does not augur well for the promotion of
harmony and peace among our varied peoples."

Nonetheless, the heated reaction from Muslim leaders in the country,
especially those in the government, does not augur well for multiracial
harmony. Saying they felt hurt by the response from these quarters,
Christians said it underscored the scant respect shown to the
non-Muslims and a growing religious arrogance that boded ill for the
country's future.

"Islam is supreme to Muslims. But only as supreme as Christianity is
to the Christians or Hinduism to the Hindus. This is sheer bad manners
and shameful conduct on the part of Muslim authorities. As though they
can do what they like without considering the sensitivities of others," S
Peters, a Christian lay-leader at a large Catholic church in Petaling
Jaya.

"This is especially difficult to accept when the non-Muslims are
forced to abide by strict rules not to impinge on Islam. But it works
both ways. Respect must be mutual or why should we respect you?"

Heated response from Muslims

Peters
was referring to comments made by Deputy Minister in the Prime
Minister's Department Mashitah Ibrahim, who accused the MCCBCHST of not
respecting the rights of Muslims or the position of Islam as
Malaysia's official religion.

"To me, the issue was purposely
created to raise racial sentiment. The ritual of sacrifice has been
practiced for a long time and has never been questioned by any party,"
Berita Harian had quoted Mashitah as saying.

"In a multi-racial society, other religions should respect the rights
of Islam like how Muslims respect the rights and freedom of
non-Muslims. This issue should not have arisen if all ethnic groups
respect each other and understand the spirit of living in a
multi-racial society."

While Mashitah spoke a lot about mutual respect, she did not deny or
make any clarification as to whether schools and public places had
indeed been used to slaughter the animals.
Meanwhile, Perlis Mufti Juanda Jaya is the latest to wade into the issue.

"I'm
disappointed with MCCBCHST's official statement that directs Muslims
not to make public sacrifice. This is clearly directing the rituals of
other religions. It is better not to interfere. If there is any
unhappiness or disturbance, it is better to resolve it behind closed
doors. Malaysians have achieved independence and lived peacefully for
so long, so don't make it an issue," Juanda said in a statement
yesterday.

Like Mashitah, Juanda may have decided to play to the Muslim gallery
at the expense of fairness and give-and-take. For example, he did not
once mention the sensitivities of the Hindus and Buddhists.

The annual Qurban or slaughter is usually done on mosque grounds, but
there have been plans for it to be held on the premises of at least
two schools in Kuala Lumpur.

"Just as we do not serve
pork or alcohol when we invite Muslims to our homes or events, we
expect them to respect us back too and not serve meats that are not
'halal' to us. But nowadays everything is so racial and getting from bad
to worse, it is a real shame," said Peters.

P Waythamoorthy, who is scheduled to brief US
government officials on the issue of racism in Malaysia, receives an
email warning him that he and his brother will be beheaded.

GEORGE
TOWN: Hindraf Makkal Sakti chairman P Waythamoorthy and his family have
received a death threat via email ahead of his briefing to US
government officials on issues of institutionalised racism and freedom
of religion in Malaysia.

In the email, the sender threatened to behead Waythamoorthy and his
elder brother, Human Rights Party secretary-general Uthayakumar, and
their children.

The sender, who signed his name as “Pekida Youth chief Hanif Haja”,
racially abused both brothers and vowed to teach them a lesson. Pekida
is an organisation linked to Umno.

Waythamoorthy said the threat would not dampen his spirit to seek
social justice for the racially segregated minority communities,
especially Indians, in Malaysia.

He even quoted Tamil poet, the late Subramaniya Barathiyaar:
“Utchimeethu irunda vaanam viluntha pothilum, atchamillai, atchamillai,
atcham enbathillaiye.” (I will not fear even if the dark sky falls).
“I am even willing to come back to Malaysia to continue my struggle
if the government is prepared to return my passport,” he told FMT today.

The sender also claimed to be a Petronas staff working at Petronas e-Learning Solutions Sdn Bhd.
The email also contained three photos of the alleged Hanif Haja.

Kolkata, 3rd Nov, 2011 || In a land mark
judgment passed on 2nd November, 2011, by the decision bench headed by
Chief Justice of Kolkata, Mr J. N. Patel and Mr. Ashim Kumar Roy (J),
the Cow Slaughter on Bakri Idd and trading of Cattle for sacrifice in
Cattle markets have been banned by the Hon’ble Calcutta High court
directing that “the all Officials o the State and local bodies have no
power to facilitate holding of markets for trading of cattle for
sacrifice and also the movement of cattle for the said purpose on the
occasion of Id-uz-Zoha festival to be celebrated on 7th, November,
2011.”

The venerated Bench had upheld the
decisions and orders of the Apex court and others in the identical
matters in 1994, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2010 categorically directs the
Chief Secretary of West Bengal : “ We, therefore direct the State
Government through its Chief Secretary to see that such arrangement
and/or markets in the State of West Bengal are not conducted for trading
of cattle for sacrifice and which is otherwise not permitted under the
West Bengal Animal Slaughter Control Act, 1950 and the Chief Secretary
and all functionaries of the State and local bodies would strictly
implement the order passed by this Court from time to time for effective
and meaningful implementation of the said Act.” Even the Hon’ble
Calcutta holds that “no such facilities can be provided for trading of
cattle for sacrifice.”

On the merit of Order above of Calcutta High Court Order, Sri Ashoo Mongia, the chief ofRashtriye Goraksha Sena, (RGS), Pt. Yoges Shashtri of Arya Veer Dal and Some Go-Bhakta went to raid on 2-3rd November
night in Dumdum area (KOLKATA) to capture illegal cow transport in
Kolkata. While they captured some cows and calves at that point, the
Police let them take away by the butchers and transporters on the plea
on non-availability of any such strict orders passed by the Hon’ble High
Court banning Open Cow Slaughter out side slaughter house including cow
trading for Qurbani (sacrifice) with illegal cow trading and cow
transportation for illegal sacrifice. At the time of rude scuffles and
altercation Ashoo Mongia and the other cow savers were attacked by the
Muslim hoodlums with deadly weapons. Though rescued by the Police, the
Police on duty helped the Muslim Transporters to take away the cows in
to the illegal markets in Kolkata. These are the notorious activities of
the Police against the Court verdicts. The Police and Administration
are doing rape over the Constitution and the Courts. The Muslims leaders
are saying that they have won the case to run Qurbani without any
impediment. The Govt. of Mamata Banerjee is all responsible for these
flouting of Laws. Government should make aware the real facts through
advertisement. No Cow Slaughter or Cow market should be made on Bakri
Idd in West Bengal as per High court order passed on 2nd Nov 2011.

The teams of Rashtriya Go Raksha Sena
headed by Ashoo Mongia and Upananda Brahmachari and Bangiya Arya
Pratinidhi Sabha headed by Anand Sharma and Yogesh Shastri met various
authorities in Administrative and Police Departments for appealing them
to take the cognizance in case of flouting the Court orders in any
manner.

In the due course of discussion with Mr
Javed Shamim, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Control), Kolkata, the
Rashtriya Go Rkasha Sena appealed to make a joint team to raid the
illegal cow transport and cow markets around Kolkata.

The leading centre for Islamic studies in India, and one of the most famous in the world, slams the practice of celebrating birthdays, a “tradition of Western countries” that is contrary to Sharia.

Muzaffarnagar (AsiaNews/Agencies) – A leading Islamic seminary, the Darul Uloom Deoband (pictured), has advised Muslims against celebrating birthdays, issuing a fatwa saying that Islam does not permit the practice, which is a "tradition of Western countries".

Responding to a query of a student, the fatwa department of the country's biggest Islamic seminary said that Islam does not permit such celebrations as they are against the Sharia.The query was made in reference to the birthday celebration of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, the founder of the Aligarh Muslim University.

"Muslims should not follow the tradition of Western culture of celebrating birthdays as it against the Sharia," Vice-Chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband, Maulana Abul Kasim Naumani said.

Naumani added that even the Islamic seminary does not celebrate the birth anniversary of the Prophet Mohammed, the founder of the religion.

Deobandi (literally of the city of Deoband) is a Muslim religious movement present in the Indian subcontinent and Afghanistan that follows the Hanafi legal school (madhhab).

Their main institution is a seminary in the Indian city of Deoband, in Sahāranpur District (Uttar Pradesh), about 140 km northeast of Delhi.

The school, the Darul Uloom Deoband, was established in 1865 by Hājjī Muhammad ‘Abīd Husayn and three other Islamic scholars. It is considered one of the foremost religious schools in the Muslim world.

It hosts up to 1,500 students and its library is endowed with some 70,000 traditional legal books, prints and manuscripts. - http://www.asianews.it

Don’t worry and be obsessed about Malay unity, we should be more worried about Malaysian unity, says Zaid Ibrahim.
COMMENT

By Zaid Ibrahim

A recent article written by Ahmad Naim Tahir, “Bersediakah Melayu terus berkorban”, in an online news portal is typical of many articles written of late lamenting about the fate of the Malays.

The script goes like this: The Malays are slowly but surely being pushed out of “an island” (Penang presumably); the Malays are divided; the Malays have sacrificed for peace, for stability and for the country and got nothing in return.

Yet the non-Malays are still egging and challenging them and pushing them out. They even dare talk of the Federal Constitution which theoretically permit a non-Malay/Muslim as premier.

According to him, even the gays and the lesbians are challenging the Muslims via “Seksualiti Merdeka”. He did not mention the incidents where Christians purportedly were trying to convert the Muslims but I am sure in his mind this would be part of the plan of the non-Muslims.

This is typical of the reaction of the Malay political writers to the woes ( real or imagined) faced by the Malays.

They exaggerate the problem of the Malays and Muslims. The common theme found in their articles clearly shows that these political writers like to whine and complain about everything except looking for the answers to the so-called problems.

In the first place, more Malays are in the urban areas now than ever before. They are in fact “pushing in” and not being pushed out.

Umno maybe “corrupt and inefficient” but they have helped the Malays gained strong economic foothold. If some are leaving Penang for the mainland, maybe they got good money for their properties.

What’s wrong with that since they can then develop other areas and sell them again for good profit?

Malay unity

Let’s start with unity of the Malays. Since when were the Malays united? The fact that we had multiple Malay sultanates even before the British were here suggest that the Malays were content to have many sultans (for a small country) rather than be united under a supreme Ruler.

If they want unity they would have chosen one of the sultans to conquer the other states and unite the Malays.

They did not do that. They are happy with nine Rulers. And don’t blame the British for this situation.

Now the Malays are with Umno and PAS; and other smaller parties. That’s what they want – many parties to choose from.

Today they may be fighting but when faced with national catastrophe, they will be united. Not just the Malays but all Malaysians.

For example, if, say, bankruptcy catches us like Greece we will have a unity government. So don’t worry and be obsessed about Malay unity. We should be more worried about Malaysian unity.

Before independence, Malaya then had many Chinese and Indians. To get our independence we had an agreement. No point complaining about the terms of the agreement. No point complaining that even a non-Malay can be prime minister if chosen by the majority.

We should instead honour this agreement as Malays are honourable people. This is what we should teach the people; instead of complaining and whining.

Anyway, the Malays will be the majority people by a big margin for a long time, so why worry about hypothetical situation?

About the Chinese pushing the Malays out to the inner areas: well, even if true, that’s part of life when you do not work hard, or save your money, or have an education system that does not prepare you for this modern world.

There is no government in the world can save any particular community for ever. That community must want to survive. That community must want to work hard; must want to succeed in this world.

In the first place, I think the Malays are doing well now despite getting shoddy education and having to compete with the rich and the powerful.

Accept reality

Still, if the fear is that we may be pushed out, then we need to make the Malays stronger and more competitive.

If, however, we continue to keep the Malays in ignorance, and keep them busy about saving the world, and spending every Saturday worrying about gays, Christians and Chinese, then we maybe pushed out.

And about the Chinese: they help build this country to what it is today. They probably pay more taxes than others. So why can’t these Malay writers accept this reality?

Will the Chinese give you an inch? No.

Will they go all out to help the Malays? No.

But it’s no point complaining. Do the Malays want to be as successful as the Chinese? That’s the question.

On this point I am not convinced that all the Malays want to conquer this world; they rather focus on the hereafter.

So these political writers should not assume they know what the Malays want. If the Malays want something else, then don’t exaggerate their “failures” as those shortcomings are relevant only if measured against what the Chinese want.

But if indeed the Malays want to succeed in this world, then they have to emulate the Jews and the Chinese. They have to choose. It requires different education, different habits and lifestyle.

What is clear is this. These Malay writers must stop whining and complaining. You must accept reality. The reality is that Tanah Melayu has become something else; it’s called Malaysia.

No point blaming the British, the immigrants. No point talking about the so-called accommodation and sacrifice given to the non-Malays.

The Malays must take this world as it is. It would be more positive if the Malays can change their attitude.

Go beat the Chinese in school, in business, in music, in football, in maths and science.

In politics, the Malays will be better off by joining a more progressive party suitable for the Malays of the 21st century; instead of the present Malay parties who obviously have failed them.

KUALA
LUMPUR, Nov 8 — Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah said today that he joined civil
society NGO Angkatan Amanah Merdeka (Amanah) as president as he finds
that there is no space to voice his opinions within his political party
Umno.

The Kelantan prince and the man who was once expected to be prime
minister claimed that the democratic space in the ruling party has
shrunk as compared with previous years.

“We don’t have space in our own parties,” said Tengku Razaleigh (picture), who is popularly known as Ku Li. “For me there is no space in Umno.”

He said that in previous years Umno members were free to say anything.

“That was what made Umno able to look after the public, not a narrow focus (like now) to look after only one segment.”

He added that he was told that to even speak in the upcoming Umno general assembly, one would have to be “approved” first.

Amanah, which was only recently formally registered with the
Registrar of Societies, was formed to promote unity and inclusiveness.

Former MIC deputy president S. Subramaniam, who is Amanah deputy
president, said that it would remain an NGO until members decided
otherwise.

“I have a platform here to talk about issues which are hotly debated,” said Subramaniam.

Ku Li also said that he still had faith in Umno and would remain an Umno member.

The multiracial Amanah leadership comprises members from both Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Rakyat.
Among them are former MCA president and Pandan MP Datuk Seri Ong Tee
Keat who is a deputy president, and PAS member Wan Saiful Wan Jan, who
is a vice-president.

Ong said he saw no conflict between his membership in the MCA and his leadership in Amanah as it was his right as a citizen.

Asked whether the launch of Amanah was to coincide with the 13th
general election expected before 2013, Ku Li said it was just a
co-incidence.

A booklet handed out on Amanah said the NGO’s mission is to reaffirm
the words of Malaysia’s first Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman who
wanted all races to live in harmony, integrity and mutual
inter-dependence and therefore build a strong nation.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 8 — PKR de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar
Ibrahim has backed Seksualiti Merdeka’s right to express itself but
stressed that this did not mean the party supported what the movement
stood for.

“Here the issue here is not whether to support or not to support. The
issue is you attack them. That’s something else. Can’t we talk about
things in this country?” he told reporters in the Parliament lobby here
today.

Anwar (picture) said
the authorities should have engaged with Seksualiti Merdeka if they
disagreed with its goals rather than use “extreme policing” to clamp
down on the sexual rights movement.

He also slammed the Umno-controlled media for demonising Bersih
chairman Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan, who had agreed to officiate
Seksualiti Merdeka, and claimed the attacks were politically motivated.

“This is what you call the vulnerability of a normal citizen against the entire might of a corrupt government.

“Why do you treat her like a common criminal, harassing her in this manner?” he asked.

The Orang Asli have been left out and are forced to grapple with poverty. Now, a group aims to empower them through education.

FEATURE

Sons
of the Soil, The Original People, and The First Ones. There are such
noble sounding monikers for a community which has become more like sons
of toil, the forgotten people and last on the list.

The Orang Asli of Malaysia constitute only 0.5% of the population and
are diverse in culture, language and beliefs, a legacy borne of 18
different ethnic groups.

However, their shared experience of exclusion from the policy arena
and a resulting lack of opportunity to voice their concerns became the
impetus for the formation of a group named Sinui Pai Nanek Sengik (New
Life, One Heart).

Recognising that communities were having their livelihoods destroyed
by government policies that took away their traditional rights to land
and other resources, the Sinui Pai Nanek Sengik (SPNS) began an
educational programme to mobilise communities for political and social
action.

The small number of Orang Asli is one of the many factors
contributing to their current problems. Orang Asli have now become like
refugees and illegal immigrants in their own country.

Among
the core problems are land ownership, culture, identity, and the lost
of rights as the Orang Asli have been left out in the field of education
and development. Most of the non-Orang Asli in Malaysia refer to the
Orang Asli as a barbaric and backward community.

Hence there are many who say that the Orang Asli is a community that
is too lazy to work hard to develop themselves and their race. They also
accuse the Orang Asli of preferring to ask other parties to change
their fate.

Plus, there is no space for the Orang Asli to speak out about their
dissatisfaction on certain aspects of the government policies towards
them.

The strict control and the neck-logging by the government resulted in
the Orang Asli community being unaware that they actually have rights
to claim and can speak out about the biased treatment they have received
in every government development plan.

Badly hit by logging

Alison
Ghani, who is an independent volunteer for Orang Asli issues, says that
many villages have been badly hit by logging. She shared the story of a
man she fondly refers to as Pakcik Musang of the Jakun tribe who with
his family, was harassed away from the land he was residing on.

Today, Pakcik Musang lives in a flimsy shack with no guarantees that he will not be chased away once again.
“Never enough can be written about Orang Asli issues.

It’s incredibly
disturbing that they are being denied convenient access to medical
treatment and medicines. Take Pos Gob in Kelantan for example. The
nearest town from them is Kuala Betis which at 80km away translates to a
five hour journey on foot.

“Distance is always a problem. Orang Asli children of Pos Gob attend
school at Pos Tohoi which is 60km away from their village, a four-hour
journey on foot. Because their parents cannot afford the petrol money to
bring them home every week, children as young as seven who are very
attached to the families and the community only return home during the
school breaks. Many of them refuse to return to school after the break
is over,” she said.

Education is inaccessible

Echoing her sentiments is Hans Olsen, UNICEF representative to Malaysia and Special Representative to Brunei Darussalam.

“If you really look at it, livelihood and survival trumps education
where some of the Orang Asli are concerned. This isn’t because they
don’t want an education or an opportunity for their children.

“It’s simply because education is so inaccessible that we can
understand when they think that learning how to hunt, grow food and
build a house are more important factors,” he opined.

Bah Useh, is a 28 year-old from Kampung Se’oi in the remote area of Bidor, Perak.

“Since following the activities that is held by the community
educators, I found that there are many issues that I learn concerning
the Orang Asli. Formerly, I had no idea that there is an act named “Akta
134″ (Orang Asli Act) that is implemented on our race (Orang Asli).

“We are imprisoned in our own country by this act. We are given no
chance to speak up, we are not given a chance to express ideas or make
decisions on whether we agree or not on certain matters – everything
told must be followed by us.

“At least, with the knowledge that I have gained through all the
programmes, I am now critical and not easily fished on the lies of
certain people (outsiders) in planning development programmes in our
place.”

Targeted by both society and the state, Ahmadis in Malaysia plead for a fair voice, fearing the worst if they're denied this.

SELAYANG:
In the middle of Kampung Nakhoda, there is an unassuming three-storey
building. Nothing about its humble stature makes it stand out from
nearby houses, except for a council-erected signboard that clearly
reads: “Qadiani Bukan Islam” (Qadianis are not Muslims).

Youths mingle inside the building’s compound, warily observing
passers-by beyond the front gate. At FMT’s approach, they smiled and
opened the gate, only to quickly close it, and the front doors leading
to the building’s living room.

Inside, the youths set up video cameras and other recording
equipment. They are friendly, but slightly skittish with the visiting
journalist. They relax a little when their religious leader, Maulana
Ainul Yaqeen Sahib, enters.

It is easy to see why. Ainul belongs to the Ahmadiyya movement, an
Islamic sect coldly received by Malaysia’s Sunni Islamic authorities.

Selangor Islamic Religious Department (JAIS) officers in the past, he
said, have raided the building – named Baitussalam – which serves as
the local Ahmadiyya community’s gathering place and mosque.
“They (JAIS) pushed themselves through a hole in the front gate when
we didn’t let them come in. They didn’t have a warrant,” he told FMT,
relating the 2009 incident.

The JAIS officers barged their way into the building, and started inspecting its prayer room and taking photographs.

Ainul also said that a few of these officers would later pose as
curious university students. One of them, he claimed, “borrowed” a copy
of the Quran, and never gave back.

Given the cold shoulder

According
to Ainul, Ahmadis are no different from other Muslims in terms of
practice and the faith. “We follow the Quran, the six pillars of Islam
and the tradition of the Holy Prophet. Even our Kalimah (Islamic creed)
is the same,” he said.

But what sets them apart from other Muslims, is the belief that their
sect’s founder, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, was Islam’s Promised Messiah and
the redeemer, the Imam Mahdi.

(The Ahmadiyya movement began in Qadian, India, during the late 19th century, and was later called Qadianis.)

It is a belief that has not only incurred the wrath of hardline Islamic authorities, but also their supporters.

In May 2010, Pakistani terrorists attacked two Ahmadiyya mosques in
Lahore with grenades and automatic rifles, killing 86 and injuring more
than 120.

Earlier in February this year, an Indonesian mob attacked an
Ahmadiyya community in Cikeusik, Java. Videos released on the Internet
showed the mob chanting “Allahuakbar” (God is great) as they beat and
killed three Ahmadis, raining blows on them with sticks and stones even
as they lay dead on the ground.

While outright violence against Malaysia’s 2,000-odd Ahmadis is
unknown, the sect’s believers nevertheless are given the cold shoulder
by both the authorities and locals.

According to the Ahmadis, opposition against the movement started
shortly after the movement was introduced to Malaya by an Indian
missionary in the 1930s.

Zionist support

Later
in 1975, the Selangor Fatwa Council decreed that the Ahmadis were not
Muslims, and recommended as a result, that their special Malay
privileges be removed.

In December 2008, Selangor executive council chairman (for religious
affairs) Hasan Mohamed Ali said that the state government was looking
into forcibly grabbing the Baitussalam land.

Six months later, in April 2009, the Selangor Islamic Relgious
Council (MAIS) issued a directive forbidding the Ahmadis from using the
Kampung Nakhoda mosque for Friday prayers.

Those who disobeyed this order, MAIS said, could be subject to a fine and imprisonment.

A 2008 text released by the Federal Territories Mufti’s Office, under
the Prime Minister’s Department, claimed that Mirza Ghulam was a
British agent sent to divide the Muslims in 19th century India.

Entitled “Beware! Qadianis are out of Islam”, it also alleged that
the Ahmadiyya movement received Zionist support, and printed its
propaganda material within Israel.

Deceased Malaysian Ahmadis were not allowed to be buried in Muslim
cemeteries, Ainul said, adding that their bodies had to be taken to a
special gravesite in Cheras.

A few religious Muslim leaders, he claimed, were raising suggestions
to change the Ahmadis’ religion under the MyKad to “Qadiani” instead of
“Muslim”.

Children not spared

Some speeches made by other Muslim leaders, he added, were also allegedly inciting locals to act against the Ahmadis.

Citing a nearby mosque in the area, he said: “The uztaz (religious
leader) made a speech…saying, ‘In Indonesia, these people (Ahmadis) can
be killed.’ So indirectly, they’re asking the community to attack us.”
Although physical violence against Ahmadis is unheard of here, locals nevertheless act in their own way.

“They used to throw faeces at my father’s house… During (this year’s)
Ramadan, some people threw fireworks in here… children would pass by
shouting, ‘Qadiani kafir!’ (Qadianis are infidels!),” Ainul said.

In one instance, FMT noticed a passing motorcyclist who shouted
“Astaghfirullah!” (I seek forgiveness from Allah) at the compound,
hinting that the Ahmadis had strayed from Islam.

Not even the Ahmadis’ children are spared.

Mohd Farid Kamam, 26, said that his schoolmates saw him leaving Baitussalam one Friday afternoon when he was in Form Three.

“I was lining up on Monday assembly, and I heard my friends saying
‘sesat’ (astray), but I didn’t know (they were referring to me).”

“When I entered the classroom, seven of my classmates surrounded me
and said that I had strayed from Islam… they asked me to recite the
Kalimah Shahada to determine that I was Muslim,” he said.

Adding that he had done so, his classmates left him alone after that.
But the school’s religious teachers would not, with some even refusing
to acknowledge him.

“My friends and I were giving ‘salam’ to a passing uztaz. He would
return the salam to my friends, but knowing that I was an Ahmadi, he
would not return it to me,” Mohd Farid said.

Bowing to idols

But his most bitter memory came when he was sitting for the Religious Studies paper during his SPM examinations.

“I entered the exam hall, and everyone had a chair except me, so I
had to bring in a chair (from outside the hall). As I was carrying it,
one of my schoolmates smiled at me and said in front of hundreds of
people, ‘What are you here for? You’re not a Muslim, you don’t have to
do this exam’,” Mohd Farid said, grinding his teeth.

Malaysian Ahmadis also have to bear the brunt of various accusations
about their beliefs. Some of these included “wudu” (the act of washing
before prayer) with water from corpses, praying in the nude, dancing the
“joget” during prayer and bowing to idols.

Jariullah Ahmad, another believer, told FMT that some locals claimed that the Ahmadis encouraged the eating of pork.

“When my grandmother was taking care of a (hawker) stall, people used
to say that she would put pork bones into her food,” he said.

He claimed that state religious leaders were purposely aligning Malaysians against the Ahmadis.
“It doesn’t matter whether it’s a Pakatan Rakyat or a Barisan
Nasional government, because they’re both advised by the mullahs here,”
Jariullah said.

As such, the Ahmadis have asked for the both the government and the
mass media to allow for an open discussion over their beliefs.

Those requests have apparently fallen on deaf ears, Ainul said.

“What we want is an open discussion with JAIS and the religious
authorities. We want a platform where we can speak out, and the public
can watch. They can ask us questions… we will answer them and let the
people judge for themselves,” he said.

Even so, Ainul did not appear confident that this would take place.
He feared that his people might suffer the same fate as the Indonesian
Ahmadis.

“If they don’t take the right action, we’re afraid that people will
turn into a mob… it’s happened to Indonesia, now it’s at the stage where
they throw stones at us.”

Sungai Siput MP Dr D Michael Jeyakumar wants the Federal Court to direct the High Court to hear his suit against the government over constituency funding.

PUTRAJAYA: Sungai Siput MP, Dr D Michael Jeyakumar is going all the way to the Federal Court to find out what has happened to the development fund for his constituency.

Jeyakumar first filed the suit in 2010 against the federal government for the failure to provide constituency development funds as much as RM1 million as stated in the national budget.

The High Court had then decided unanimously for the case to proceed. However the senior federal counsel, representing the government, appealed at the Appeals Court and the leave was denied on Oct 10, two days before the matter was to have been heard at the High Court.

Today, Jeyakumar filed an application for the Federal Court to overrule the Court of Appeal decision and to direct the High Court to hear his suit. No date has been fixed to hear his application.

Speaking to the press after filing his application, Jeyakumar said: “We want a High Court declaration that the BN’s management of funds is wrong.”

He added that currently BN parliamentarians received more than RM1 million annually as constitution development funds directly.

“We also want a mandamus (instruction) to instruct government to tell who has received and how much money has been given out,” said Jeyakumar who is also Parti Sosialis Malaysia’s central committee member.

Jeyakumar claimed that the BN claimed that funds amounting up to RM3 to RM4 million has been pumped into Sungai Siput.

“It is done without my knowledge. I want to know who is gaining out the funds.”

According to the political grapevine, S Samy Vellu's son will be the BN's choice for the parliamentary seat.

PETALING JAYA: Speculation is rife that the son of former MIC president S Samy Vellu has been given the green light by the party top leadership to start work on wooing voters in the Sungai Siput parliamentary constituency.

Vel Paari is said to have even held a meeting with several non-governmental organisations and grassroots leaders in the constituency which was under the grasp of his father for more than 30 years before his fall at the 2008 general election.

Party insiders insist that Vel Paari would be the Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate for the seat, which is now in the hands of Parti Sosialis Malaysia’s (PSM) Dr Michael Jeyakumar.

“I am very sure Vel Paari will contest in Sungai Siput at the next general election,” said a local MIC leader who did not want to be named.

His confidence is the result of Vel Paari’s visit to the constituency two weeks ago and the declaration by Vel Paari that he had been directed by MIC president G Palanivel to identify problems faced by the people there.

Sources claimed that during the meeting, Vel Paari had told the audience that he would even go to the extent of renting a house in Sungai Siput for the people to have direct access to him.

He, however, stopped short of declaring himself as the BN candidate for the seat.

“The meeting is clear-cut: Vel Paari has stated that the battle is to win the hearts and minds of the people here, ” said a source.

Uphill battle

Political observers, however, feel that although Vel Paari could be a good choice, the battle to win the seat would be an uphill battle for the ruling coalition.

Jeyakumar is no pushover. He became a hero among the people in the constituency after his detention under the Emergency Ordinance(EO) several months ago.

The Sungai Siput seat is rather unique in nature. Its former MPs have always been MIC presidents until 2008.

The late VT Sambanthan held the seat from 1955 to 1974 while Samy Vellu defended the seat for eight consecutive terms until his loss three years ago.

Another source also said that the days of “throwing money” to get votes was over and “young voters are likely to reject (those who) who give money for their votes”.

According to him, Jeyakumar’s detention, the handling of the Maika Holdings shares and several promises not delivered by Samy Vellu would make the battle even harder for Vel Paari.

“Although Vel Paari is a bit more humble and has the personal touch with the people here, it is not an assurance that he can win the seat,” said the source.

He added that the failure of Samy Vellu to construct a new building for the Methodist School and a new Tamil school at Taman Tun Sambanthan has eroded support for the BN.

“Issues like Indian squatters, failure to allocate land for agriculture and farming (mainly cattle breeding) and lack of major industries are also hot election topics,” he added.

Concrete settlements

Sources said if Vel Paari is serious in contesting the seat, he needs to come up with solutions to these issues.

There must be concrete settlements to the woes of the Indian community and “only then we might see voters crossing over to the BN from Pakatan Rakyat,” a source said.

A MIC leader, who did not want to be named, said at present, voters were still in favour of Pakatan, not because of the opposition coalition’s national policies, but because of Jeyakumar.

He said the seat is Chinese majority, with nearly 24,000 out of the total 52,000 voters being Chinese.

“Normally the turnout on polling day in Sungai Siput is 70% and it is predicted that in the 13th general election 70% of the Chinese votes will favour Jeyakumar,” he added.

This, he said, would mean that Pakatan needed only 6,000 to 7,000 votes from Malay, Indian and Orang Asli communities to retain the seat.

Deputy Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has not inspired or convinced Malaysians in his 31 months as Education Minister that he is the person to “transform” the proficiency of Malaysian students in English, maths and science for Malaysia to become a global power house in these three subjects.

This point has been further driven home for most Malaysians by his recent maladroit flip-flop over the PPSMI issue.

The greatest disservice Muhyiddin has done to Malaysian education and our international competitiveness was his decision on PPSMI, which was given Cabinet approval on 8th July 2009.

My immediate reaction (9th July 2009) was to describe the Cabinet decision on PPSMI “not a New Deal, as proclaimed by some newspaper headlines, but a Raw Deal leaving Malaysia stranded in the march towards global educational quality, excellence and competitiveness and doing a great disservice to millions of students currently in both the primary and secondary schools”.

I had stressed at the time that the Cabinet’s PPSMI decision of July 8, 2009 “cannot be the last word on the controversial subject and the whole issue must be re-opened for a broader, more liberal and flexible solution which would have far-reaching consequences not only to nation-building, nature of a society we want to build in Malaysia but also whether Malaysia can compete and stand tall with the rest of the world”.

I had right from the beginning in 2002 opposed former Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad’s PPSMI, as it is educationally unsound because educational experience on bilingual education worldwide in the past three decades have shown that using a second language as a medium of instruction from too early stages can impede the development of thinking skills of children resulting in low achievement in mathematics, science and languages – powerful educational arguments against the use of English to teach maths and science from Std. One.

This argument does not apply for children whose home language is the English language or a total immersion education system is adopted with English as medium of instruction.

This is why I had suggested a flexible approach to the PPSMI problem which does not allow a “One Size Fits All” solution, by giving parents the choice to decide on the type of education they want for their children – including having classes or schools using English as medium of instruction for mathematics and science.

The purpose of the ill-conceived PPSMI in 2002 was to raise the standards of English, mathematics and science for Malaysian students which are imperative if Malaysia is not to continue its descent into a backwater, with one country after another overtaking the country in national development and progress.

The reasons prompting the PPSMI in 2002 to transform Malaysia into a global powerhouse in English, maths and science were right, proper and should be supported but the approach in conceiving and implementing the PPSMI from Std. One was wrong.

In his 31 months as Education Minister, Muhyiddin has failed to come up with a formula which commands public confidence that English, maths and science proficiency of Malaysian students would be upgraded for Malaysia to become a global powerhouse in these three subjects.

In fact, high and vivid in the memory of Malaysians is the admission by Muhyiddin after becoming Education Minister that he did not know that English is not a “must pass” subject for SPM – which shows that neither education nor the decline of English language among students in the past four decades had been very close to his heart in his political career.

Muhyiddin was one of the leading advocates of UMNO for PPSMI in 2002, defending the proposal with the half-baked argument that many countries in the world, including China, Japan, Korea and France were turning to English as it could help them to progress – showing his inability to understand the actual reasons for the opposition to PPSMI in national, Chinese and Tamil primary schools by parents and teachers from all the major races in the country.

It is sad and most deplorable that in his 31 months as Education Minister, Malaysia is today no nearer to finding a solution to “transform” the proficiency of Malaysian students in English, maths and science as to become a global power house in these three subjects to best position Malaysia in the march towards global educational quality, excellence and competitiveness.

PETALING JAYA (Nov 7, 2011): Former
Malaysian Bar chairman Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan has warned that she
would not hesitate to sue a television station if it continues to
misconstrue the objectives of the Seksualiti Merdeka 2011 movement in
its reports.

At
a press conference at the Tenaganita office in Jalan Gasing today,
Ambiga, who is the Bersih 2.0 chairman, said she was shocked on learning
that TV3's prime news had claimed that Seksualiti Merdeka was a "free
sex festival". She said the report was irresponsible, and accused the
station of misleading the public.

"Is
it because you want to get me or bully a marginalised group which is
already being shamed and facing abuse everyday?" she said, before
challenging the Media Prima station to carry her statement or risk
facing legal action.

Last
Friday, Malay right-wing group Perkasa led a demonstration against
Seksualiti Merdeka 2011 at the National Mosque, and had called for
Ambiga to be arrested for being involved in the movement.

Ambiga
had earlier reportedly clarified that she was not one of the organisers
of Seksualiti Merdeka 2011 but that she had only been asked to launch
it on Wednesday.

She also said she had only agreed to officiate the festival as a private citizen and not as a representative of Bersih.

The
lawyer then took the opportunity to link the issue with the refugee
exchange programme between Australia and Malaysia, saying the former
should take note of the controversy being kicked up by the government
concerning Seksualiti Merdeka as it speaks of Malaysia's view on
minority groups.

"I hope Australia is watching. They plan to send refugees here, a country which cannot protect its minority groups," she said.

Clearly
riled up over the misreporting by certain news sources, prominent
social activist Datuk Paduka Marina Mahathir, who was also present at
the press conference, said: "I am angry and was sickened to read how
they labelled the movement's activities as a free sex festival."

"I
am a supporter of the group and had launched their programme two years
ago without problems. The programme is to educate those who come under
the scope of the movement of their rights and all this does not go
against the law or religion."

The
daughter of former premier Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad also threatened to
take legal action against the TV station over its report.

Pang
said the movement was making arrangements to meet Inspector General of
Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar to explain the objectives of the movement.

Ismail was quoted saying on Monday that he had agreed to meet the group.

The
Seksualiti Merdeka 2011 programme which was scheduled to be launched on
Wednesday and end on Nov 13 at Central Market's Annexe Gallery, is a
yearly festival which championed freedom of sexual orientation and
gender identity, and to protect the rights of gays, lesbians, bisexuals,
intersexuals and transgenders.

It first took place in 2008.

However,
the programme was cancelled after the police, on Saturday, banned
functions organised by any group related to the Seksualiti Merdeka
programme to safeguard public order.

Deputy
Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Khalid Abu Bakar said police had
done so to safeguard public order after receiving several reports
against it.

He
also said the police were not against freedom of expression or human
rights but had to step in because the organisers did not have a permit
to hold the festival in public.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 8 (Bernama) -- Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has called on
international organisations and communities to strengthen collaboration
to combat the drug abuse menace in view of its rising threats to
society.

The Deputy Prime Minister said it was also paramount for international
organisations and communities to continue to work together to identify
and roll out collaborative mechanisms and initiatives to address the
complex challenges of drug issues and abuse.

"Although much has been done, we surely need to do more. We must
strengthen our resolve and aggresively reenergise our efforts to fight
and eliminate drug abuse on both personal and global levels.

"Today, new and more potent drugs for abuse are being introduced. Our
youths as well as the marginalised or vulnerable population remain at
risk," he said in his opening address at the 24th International
Federation of Non-Government Organisations for the Prevention of Drug
and Substance Abuse (IFNGO) World Conference here, today.

Muhyiddin, who chairs the Anti-drugs Cabinet Committee, said on the
domestic front, the government had established strong collaboration with
communities and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in combating,
prevention and eradication programmes.

He said in 2010 and 2011, the government allocated a total of RM6.5
million for NGOs which provided treatment and rehabilitation services as
well as support for drug users.

"The relationships of government and the NGOs are closely-bonded and
this has leveraged many joint-cooperation programmes in the field of
treatment and rehabilitation and preventive education," he said.

He cited the Cure and Care Service Centre (CCSS) in the Chow Kit area
of the city as one such colloborative efforts as the facility was funded
by the government but run by an NGO, Yayasan Salam.

"The synergy has seen tremendous positive results whereby we see
greater numbers of drug users in the area turning in to seek
consultation and help in terms of treatment and rehabilitation, as well
as referral services," he noted.

He said in the field of preventive education, the National Anti-Drugs
Agency also worked closely with the National Association for Drug
Prevention (Pemadam) in carrying out home-based programmes, training of
volunteers to conduct drug prevention programmes as well as detecting
drug users in local communities.

In conjunction with IFNGO's 30th anniversary, Muhyiddin presented
Information Communication and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Rais Yatim
with an award in recognition of the latter's role and advocacy in
combating drug abuse.

Rais was the IFNGO's founder and its inaugural Charter president when
it was formed in 1981. A commemorative coffee table book on the IFNGO
was also launched to mark the anniversary.

In his speech earlier, Australian High Commissioner Miles Kupa said the
United Nations estimated that six per cent or 250 million of the
world's population consumed illicit drugs, with the illicit drug trade
worldwide being estimated to be worth RM300 billion annually.

"Closer to home, we now have more than half of the world's heroin users
in Asia. Consumption is also increasing in places surrounding
Afghanistan like Pakistan, Iraq and Central Asia.

"To compound this problem, the Asian region contains an estimated 20
million people who use amphetamine-type stimulants including
methamphetamine and ecstasy and other synthetic drugs," he said.

To1. The President of India, Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.2. The Prime Minister of India, Parliament House, New Delhi.3. The Chief Justice of India, Supreme Court, New Delhi.

Vande Gomataram.

Subject: An appeal to ensure the complete prohibition upon Cow
Slaughter abiding by the existing rules and regulation in force in
different states in India along with the strict direction of Hon’ble
Supreme Court of India.
Madam/Sir,

Under the laws enforced in this land
with a wide view to natural justice to all creatures, honoring the
Sanatani tradition of venerated Cow progeny even as non hittable(aghna),
respecting the Cow as Go-Mata in highest esteem in the traditional
scriptures, contemplating the importance of Cow progeny in Indian
agriculture, health, medicines and economics based upon its blessings
upon us and obviously to be humane by resisting the animal cruelty, most
of the states have been formulated its own rules and acts in favor of
banning Cow Slaughter even in Bakri Idd.

But, very unfortunately going to the
utter contradiction to the above, in most of the cases Cow progeny are
being slaughtered very cruelly in a disgusting gruesome way, sometimes
with the help of local administration and politics, only to appease a
minority section hurting the majority by violating all the norms so
framed by the states very illegally, unreasonably and undemocratically.
Though all the Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Buddhists, Arya Samajists and
the Sanatani and Vedic followers want a total ban on cow slaughter in
Bharat, as a matter of humiliation of all Bharat Dharma, the rampant cow
slaughter is going on violating all the norms in force.

As an example, the state of West Bengal,
now Paschimbanga had given permission in the last year to slaughter
Cows in Bakri Idd under the section 12 of the WB Animal Slaughter
Control Act 1950, very intrigue-fully going against the verdicts of
Hon’ble Calcutta High Court and the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India.

It is a wide known fact that being
aggrieved Sri Kedar Nath Brahmachari and 26 others filed a petition
against the State of West Bengal and 20 others for which Hon’ble
Calcutta High Court passed an order to ban cow slaughter even in Bakar
Idd, vide 1982(2) Kokata, HN dated 20.8.1982.

The State of West Bengal filed an appeal
in Supreme Court of India against the above order of Calcutta High
Court vide CA 6790/1983 – State of West Bengal & Others. –vs–
Ashutosh Lahiri & Others. for which the Hon’ble Supreme Court
maintained the order of Calcutta High court to prohibit the Cow
slaughter in Bakri Idd as such slaughters being unconstitutional and
directed the State to take measures to stop such illegalities.

Despite of that in West Bengal and other
States at least 30 lakhs (5 lakhs in West Bengal) healthy, milky,
cultivating and capable Cow progeny are slaughtered very unfortunately
within a political nexus of Chairman, Sabhapati of Panchayet Samity and
the official authorities in various departments.

As aggrieved by the gross violation of
the Slaughter Control Act enforced in different States time and again
and felt detrimental to the majority Hindu sentiment in general, various
forums filled many petitions in the designated Courts for getting
justice to stop cruelty upon animal and especially mentionable the
petitions filed in the Honb’le Calcutta High Court by Akhil Bharat
Krishi Go Seva Sangha, Arya Pratinidhi Sabha, Sri K K Singhania, Sri
Abhijit Das & Enamul Haque and others.

It is also mentionable that the esteemed
Islamic Institution “Darul-Uloon-Deoband” also declared a Fatwa
describing not mandatory to slaughter cows in Bakri Idd and requested
not to do such accordingly. The extract of the Fatwa can be obtained
from the news published in Dainik Jagran dt. 13.06.2006.

But unfortunately, the chain of illegal
slaughter is in vehemently increasing, killing healthy, capable and
milking cows, while the children of the poor families are dying do to
malnutrition and don’t get a single drop of cow milk in this land of
“Gopal”. As per report of the UNICEF entitling “World Children Status
Report-2008”, every day 5000 children are dying in India due to
malnutrition.

It is well established that the Cow
progeny is the foundation of our agriculture, health, conventional &
renewable energy source and the all round development of this Sanatani
Land with a highest veneration to Go Mata and Go Palak (Cow Savers). And
butchering these very calm and pretty animals hitting the religious
sentiments of Hindus must attract the provisions of Section 153 and 295
of Indian Penal Court.

Again, a Seven Judges Bench in the
Honb’le Supreme Court of India gave the verdict in CA No.4937-4940 of
1998 being the case of State of Gujrat & Others Vs. Mirajapur Moti
Kureshi Kasab & Others. [2005/ SCCL.Com-735] propounding the
importance of Oxen over the age of sixteen years for their utility in
case of agricultural manure and recycling energy production from its
dung and urine and consequently prohibited oxen slaughter even over 16
years of age of it.

Cow slaughter is completely prohibited
without any discrimination of age or condition in Delhi, Haryana,
Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Rajasthan, Madhya
Pradesh, Chattishgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, Gujarat etc., but
the total prohibition of Holy Cow progeny in the length and breadth of
this Holy Land is still awaited within a suitable Constitutional
amendment. On the other hand the violation of existing slaughter
prohibitory rules and regulations are inciting the Hindu sentiments by
some communal elements finding the loop holes of the police and
administrations by the way.

In this context, these are our earnest requests to the effect that:

A. Please maintain and give full protection to the Prohibitory Acts on Cow Slaughter on Bakri Idd this year on 7th
November, 2011 and to extend full cooperation and security to all
forums to restrain these illegal slaughters in their activities to help
the police and administration on spot of occurrence of illegal
slaughters in every state, especially in West Bengal.

B. Please form a task force in each level
comprising Govt. officials and the related NGOs to restrain illegal cow
slaughter in every place, especially in West Bengal. Please stop all
Cow markets set up for Bakri Idd and ban interstate import-export of cow
progeny for slaughter as a mandatory measure.

C. Please apply the provisions of
National Security Act (NSA) against the perpetrators for the violation
of Animal slaughter Control Acts.

D. Please set a high strategy team for
banning all type of Cow progeny slaughter under illegality and to
monitor the prohibition and utilization through videography in surface
and even through helicopter in the disturbed area due to cow slaughter.

E. Please start legal proceedings against
BDO (Block Development Officer) and the Officer-In-Charge of the Police
Station of the respective Block and the police station where the cases
of illegal cow slaughter may occur violating the existing rules and
regulations.

F. Please construct the Cow
Rehabilitation Center in each district to maintain the rescued Cows and
Oxen from illegal slaughter with a coordination of the various “Gosewa
Goraksha Sangathan” (Cow Rehabilitation & Protection Organizations)
for a sustainable development of Indian agriculture, health, economy,
energy, traditional medicines and ecology.